Janet Scheurich
Janet Puyear Scheurich, 85, of Bloomington-Champaign, formerly of Bethany, passed away September 21, 2023 at BroMenn Hospital. Janet was born to Don and Fern Puyear May 21, 1937. A celebration of Life will be held at a later date.
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‘Omnibus’ Health Care Bill Passed Amid Criticisms
Wide-ranging law put popular, controversial measures into a single package
By Peter Hancock
Capitol News Illinois
phancock @ capitolnewsillinois.com
A law recently signed by Gov. JB Pritzker will extend the deadline for the state to transfer criminal defendants deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial from jail to a mental hospital.
That same bill, House Bill 240, also gives nursing homes in Illinois two more years to comply with minimum staffing levels implemented in 2022 before getting fined by the Department of Public Health.
Those are just two parts of a 67-page “omnibus” health care bill that passed the General Assembly on the final day of its recent lame duck session. Read More
Moultrie Moment of the Week
Pictured above is newly installed officers of the Lovington American Legion auxiliary. Front row, L-R: Mrs. Gloria Foley, president, Mrs. Allene Buxton, vice-president. Second row: Mabel Smith, Sgt. at Arms, Alice Bailey, secretary, and Jean Glancy, historian. Third row: Nina Frantz, chaplain. Fourth row: Faye Suderly, treasurer, and Helen Broyles, 2nd vice-president. The year that this photo was taken is unknown. Please submit photos to the News Progress for future consideration. Originals will be saved for return or forwarded to Moultrie County Historical Society. If you have any other information, please contact the Moultrie County Historical Society at 217-728- 4085.
Did Your Mama Raise You Right?
•February 1, 2023•
By Jim Baumann
NP Guest Writer
Several questions arose while my wife and I were driving to a place that would surely serve us Italian bread: Does bread raise or does it rise? Does the baker raise the dough or rise it? What the heck is a transitive verb?
Questions like these constitute about 85% of our conversations.
So today we’ll take a look at “raise” and “rise” and their various usages and homophones.
Let’s start with the issue of bread.
Although I’ve heard it expressed both ways bread indeed “rises.” I often supplement my research by plugging words and phrases into Google’s Ngram Viewer, which tracks usage in books published in the United States.
I compared “the bread rises” to “the bread raises,” and what I got was interesting. Read More
Remember When? 2-1-2023
25 Years Ago This Week
The Moultrie County Sheriff’s Dept received a $10,362 grant to hire off-duty deputies to enforce laws involving impaired drivers, speeders, non-use of safety belts and child safety seats. The grant from the Illinois Dept. of Transportation was funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Read More
Mirror Images to Present “Change”
Photo by Crystal Reed
Mirror Images to Present “Change”
Sullivan High School’s Mirror Images will be presenting their original play “Change” at The Little Theatre On The Square on Friday, February 3 at 5:30 p.m. Change is about a group of high school students who find a sense of belonging and healing through their school’s theater club. The play is starring Natalee Hunter, Elora Mast, Cora Emel, Logan Brinkman, Anna Durdel, Ivan Moxley, Avery Hopper, Elise Fleming, Johnathan Voegel, Jalen Herschberger, and Aston Johnson. Tickets for the play are $3.
Illinois EPA Grant Recipients
•February 1, 2023•
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) Director John J. Kim today announced Lead Service Line Inventory (LSLI) Grants to 48 communities to assist in meeting the requirements outlined in the Lead Service Line Replacement and Notification Act. The LSLI Grants, ranging from $20,000 - $50,000, will fund the creation of a complete lead service line inventory.
The Village of Lovington is the recipient of a $30,000 grant. Read More
Construction Progresses on Addition to SES
•February 1, 2023•
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Sullivan Elementary students and staff were able to sign one of two I-beams that will be part of the sixteen classroom addition to the school.
by Ted Walk
Sullivan School District Superintendent
Construction of a sixteen classroom addition to the Sullivan Elementary School commenced last fall. The classroom addition will allow the 5th grade students to return to SES. Fifth grade students have been housed in the middle school for the past several years due to a lack of classroom availability at SES. Read More
TLTOTS Wins Four Broadway World Regional Awards in Chicago Region
•February 1, 2023•
by Crystal Reed
The Little Theatre On The Square has won four BroadwayWorld Regional awards in the Chicago Region. According to Executive Director John Stephens, this is the first time they have been nominated for these awards. They were nominated in nine categories and won four of them.
The awards won are Best Music for Always...Patsy Cline, Best Actor in a Musical for Brittany Ambler as Louise in Always...Patsy Cline, Best Director of a Musical for Clint Hromsco with La Cage Aux Folles and the biggest Best Neighborhood Theatre. They received runner up for Best Costume in La Cage Aux Folles, Best Ensemble for La Cage Aux Folles and Best Theatre for Young Audiences for Junie B. Jones Jr.
According to the awards website www.broadwayworld.com, the awards honor the best in regional productions, touring shows and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. While there is no awards ceremony or physical awards given out, the winners of each category receive online acknowledgement. Read More
Operation Enduring Support
•February 1, 2023•
Operation Enduring Support is now accepting donations for Easter Care Packages for our deployed military. These packages will be mailed on March 27th. This is our 20th year of sending care packages to our deployed military. Our young men and women in foreign countries do not have access to Post Exchanges and can really use the items they receive. These packages also are a reminder that people back home have not forgotten them. Suggested donations include Girl Scout Cookies, protein bars, cheese and cracker packs, beef Slim Jims/ Jerky, individual instant coffee, powdered drink packages, Puzzle books and playing cards, personal care items, deodorant, toothbrushes/paste, eye drops, lip balm, 5 blade razors. Other items needed are letters from school and Sunday school children, individually wrapped hard candy, gum, Gorilla Tape, hanging car deodorizers, cotton swabs, and wet wipes, 2023 calendars and new Birthday Cards. We also want to send packages to your loved ones so please submit your APO/FPO addresses to Ann Irwin at ann4dar@att.net or by calling (217) 428-5936. You may also contact Grace United Methodist Church at (217) 429-5374. Donations may be delivered to Grace UMC at 901 N Main St, Decatur, IL 62521 between 9:00 and 4:00 pm Monday thru Thursday until March 16th. Monetary donations are always welcome as our postage is now $21.20 per package. These packages are a morale boost for our Military, and we need your support to make this happen.